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Compare players, 1996-97 season

At a glance

Nicklas Lidstrom Kevin Hatcher

GoalsAssistsPointsShotsThe typical playerNicklas Lidstrom: Goals, 0.19 a game, 97th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Assists, 0.53 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Points, 0.72 a game, 98th percentileNicklas Lidstrom: Shots, 2.71 a game, 96th percentileKevin Hatcher: Goals, 0.19 a game, 96th percentileKevin Hatcher: Assists, 0.49 a game, 94th percentileKevin Hatcher: Points, 0.68 a game, 97th percentileKevin Hatcher: Shots, 2.49 a game, 93rd percentile
0204020406080Nicklas Lidstrom 57Kevin Hatcher 54

On the radar, each spoke runs from the lowest at the centre to the league leader at the rim, among the regulars at his position: forwards against forwards, defencemen against defencemen. The gap between two players on a spoke is the real gap between their numbers. The dashed shape is the typical player. Hover over a dot for the number. The lines are each player's points adding up, game by game.

The numbers

Nicklas Lidstrom D, DET 1996-97 Kevin Hatcher D, CAR
79 Games played 80
15 Goals 15
42 Assists 39
57 Points 54
0.72 Points per game 0.68
11 Plus/minus 11
214 Shots 199
7.0 Shooting % 7.5
0 Hits 0
30 Penalty minutes 103
0:00 Average ice time 0:00

The better value in each stat is highlighted. Stats where more is not clearly better, such as games played, are not judged. Bars show each value against the larger of the two.